Twitter: NCAA '14 team ratings raise some eyebrows

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 3 years ago

Twitter: NCAA '14 team ratings raise some eyebrows

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, 3 years ago

You know it’s summer when video game ratings receive as much attention as they did Tuesday afternoon. The reason for all the talk? NCAA ’14 team ratings were released, and a few of the grades were a bit interesting.

Like Iowa receiving an 88 overall, the same as reigning Legends Division champ Nebraska and Wisconsin and higher than Northwestern (86), which returns most of the nucleus from a 10-win season.

Hard to argue with any of those tweets. To the game’s credit, it did get the Big Ten’s best team right: Ohio State (95).

But having Michigan State as the second best team, tied with Michigan and ahead of Nebraska, Northwestern and Wisconsin, is almost as questionable as the surprising Iowa overall rating. Iowa and Michigan State’s 88 and 90 offensive ratings, respectively, aren’t easy to comprehend, either.

Worst of all is this: There’s a bigger gap between Iowa and Minnesota (9 points) than Iowa and Big Ten favorite Ohio State (7 points)!

Clearly, EA knows something the rest of us don’t.

About Brent Yarina

BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina covers football and men’s basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature “Clothes Call,” which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big Ten arenas and stadiums. Read all of his work here. You can subscribe to Yarina’s RSS feed and follow him on Twitter @BTNBrentYarina.